Your Little Secret

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Your Little Secret
Melissa Etheridge - Your Little Secret.jpg
Studio album by
Melissa Etheridge
ReleasedNovember 14, 1995
Studio A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Blues rock [1]
Length52:54
Label Island
Producer Melissa Etheridge, Hugh Padgham
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Yes I Am
(1993)		Your Little Secret
(1995)		 Breakdown
(1999)
Professional ratings
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Entertainment Weekly C [1]
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Your Little Secret is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1995. It was her most successful album on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number six. The album also contained three singles, "Your Little Secret", "I Want to Come Over", and "Nowhere to Go". "I Want to Come Over" went on to reach No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Nowhere to Go" peaked at No. 40. As of 2010, the album has sold 1,348,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [8]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted

  1. "Your Little Secret" – 4:19
  2. "I Really Like You" – 4:09
  3. "Nowhere to Go" – 5:53
  4. "An Unusual Kiss" – 5:21
  5. "I Want to Come Over" – 5:25
  6. "All the Way to Heaven" – 4:54
  7. "I Could Have Been You" (Etheridge, John Shanks) – 5:56
  8. "Shriner's Park" – 5:23
  9. "Change" – 4:37
  10. "This War Is Over" – 6:57

Limited edition 2CD set includes 4 track live CD

  1. "Come to My Window" – 4:01
  2. "No Souvenirs" – 5:00
  3. "Ain't It Heavy" – 4:20
  4. "Yes I Am" – 4:23

Personnel

Production

Charts

Singles – Billboard (North America)

YearSingleChartPosition
1995"I Want to Come Over"Adult Top 409
1995"Your Little Secret"Adult Top 4040
1995"Your Little Secret"Mainstream Rock Tracks4
1995"Your Little Secret"Modern Rock Tracks32
1995"Your Little Secret"Top 40 Mainstream29
1996"I Want to Come Over"Adult Contemporary17
1996"I Want to Come Over"Mainstream Rock Tracks22
1996"I Want to Come Over"The Billboard Hot 10022
1996"I Want to Come Over"Top 40 Adult Recurrents1
1996"I Want to Come Over"Top 40 Mainstream15
1996"Nowhere to Go"Adult Contemporary24
1996"Nowhere to Go"Adult Top 409
1996"Nowhere to Go"The Billboard Hot 10040
1996"Nowhere to Go"Top 40 Mainstream25
1997"Nowhere to Go"Top 40 Adult Recurrents9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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